Hostname convention

  • owner is specified explicitly when other than me
  • location is specified only when other than home?
  • unless ‘-lb-‘ is specified in the hostname, the server is a production machine

sample string format:

-location-<lb (if lb only)>-<3 letter acronym>[0-9]{2,3}> -location-<3 letter acronym>[0-9]{2,3}>

available locations: h: home c: machine in cloud v: vm or vps

List of acronyms (by type of servers)

  • web servers
    • web web server
    • gs git server
    • ws wiki server
    • db db server
    • px proxy server
    • rpx reverse proxy server
  • access control
    • lda ldap server
  • dns, dhcp and provisionning
    • dn dns server
    • dh dhcp server
    • ps provisionning server
  • networking equipmement
    • lb loadbalancer
    • fw firewall
    • gw gateway
    • ir “inner or inside” router
    • sw switch
  • workstations
    • de desktop environnement
    • des desktop server
    • ds desktop server (desktop and server at the same time)
    • wde windows desktop
    • ltp laptop
  • multipurpose (say a docker host running multiple containers)
    • ss system server
  • storage
    • bk backup server
    • ftp ftp server
    • is install server
    • nas file server
    • san san server
  • mail
    • mx mail exchange
    • mr mail relay
  • logging and monitoring
    • ms monitoring server
    • log syslog server
  • misc
    • wss window special server
  • chat
    • cs chat server
  • ephemeral
    • vs vagant server